Host address assignment - burden on hosts

[ChrisNewnham_]

In terms of "work the host has to do", I would say that there is no difference between all the methods EXCEPT for manual, they are all automatic and decided by the upstream devices.

Manual requires someone to actually configure the IPs, but all other methods require no host configuration at all. Am I correct?

In IPv4 you have 2 methods of address assignment:

1) Manual

2) DHCP

In IPv6 there are 3 methods:

1) Manual

2) SLAAC (possibly still using DHCPv6 for other info)

3) DHCPv6 (still requires RA's for DG assignment)

Thanks!

[Mark Elsen]

             >...but all other methods require no host configuration at all...
 - As good as correct but for DHCP the host must be configured to use DHCP....

 M.